- Det. Joseph 'Joey' Quinn: Ah, if it isn't Special Agent Grandpa.
- Debra Morgan: Shutup, Quinn.
- Frank Lundy: Detectives...
- Rita Morgan: Hey, you ready to go?
- Dexter Morgan: Almost.
- Rita Morgan: I've got the Best of Bananarama.
- Dexter Morgan: It's a cruel summer.
- [first lines]
- Dexter Morgan: [narrating] The backyard barbeque. It's a hold over from the last ice age when food was scarce, and men had to work together to take down such a large beast. Those who worked well with others survived. And their genes have been passed down through the centuries until they landed here, in this, my community.